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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The annual Klamath County Fair has come and gone, but the effects of the Junior Livestock Auction will last a generation. 380 Young men and women from all across Klamath County have spent months preparing animals for show and market. This past weekend their achievements were rewarded when the auction broke records for the 4th straight year selling $1.7 million as of Monday night.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The quality of the Klamath County Fair has changed drastically over recent years. Once feeling like an afterthought, to now becoming the premium summer highlight in the Klamath Basin - four full days celebrating the best of the Basin with entertainment, events, food, and community.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – After four amazing days full of concerts, events, showings, vendors, food, and more; the 100th celebration of the Klamath County Fair has come to a close. But not before breaking another record. The Rotary Junior Livestock Auction has been setting records for the last several years and 2022 was not an exception. This past Sunday, over $1.3 million was transacted for 4-H and FFA youth of the Klamath Basin.
Read MoreAs the bell rang for break students streamed into the Bo’ Town Showcase, a newly renovated common area that highlights student achievements, provides study and meeting areas, and is home to the Bonanza Junior/Senior High School’s first-ever student store, the Grub Hub.
Read MoreAdvanced ag mechanic and master technician students from Lost River and Henley high schools teamed up this year to update the front entrance of Basin Fertilizer & Chemical Co., in Merrill.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Once again, the Klamath County Fairgrounds was full of smiling faces and joyous laughter as guests were able to fully attend the Klamath County Fair for the first time in two years. They consumed delicious fair food, played esports, conquered an escape room, rode carnival rides, and witnessed the showing of prize-winning animals & crafts. The best part, the fair is just getting started.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - It has been nearly two full years since a headlining act rocked the main stage at the Klamath County Fair. The pandemic-stricken year of 2020 forced a scaled-back production of the Fair to only its core elements, the Youth Livestock Show and Sale. This year, with restrictions loosening up, Klamath County Fair officials are going all-in to bring the party back to Klamath County better than ever before. Starting with two new headlining acts to the Klamath Basin, ‘90s alternative rockers Everclear and the country music legends of Sawyer Brown.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – “It was very stressful getting here,” said Traci Reed, Klamath County 4-H Program Coordinator. “But once we got here, everyone has been so excited that they are here.”
2020 has been anything but a typical year. This past weekend was supposed to be the biggest party of the summer at the 2020 Klamath County Fair. However, much of the grounds were silent. No screams of terror coming from the carnival. The air was not filled with the sweet smell of deep-fried doughy goodies. Vendors were not selling goods and handmade trinkets. Flags, banners, or streamers did not decorate the grounds….
Read MoreFollowing the May 7, 2020 Press Conference of Governor Brown, and like so many other county fairs throughout Oregon, the Klamath County Fair, originally scheduled to take place July 30 to August 2, 2020, has been postponed as a direct result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreExpect to see more fresh produce and locally grown food in Klamath County School District cafeterias.
The school district, in partnership with Oregon State University-Klamath Basin Research & Extension Service, has been awarded a competitive $96,538 USDA implementation grant for its Farm-to-School program. The goal of the two-year project is to strengthen the supply chain with area farmers and producers so more students can experience locally grown foods in their school cafeterias.
Read MoreAbout 60 FFA students from four high schools – Henley, Lost River, Bonanza, and Prospect – gathered Wednesday (Sept. 25) on fallowed alfalfa fields at Mockridge Farms near Bonanza to compete in the annual Bonanza FFA Soils Invitational, a practice contest held a week before the Southern Oregon District Soils Evaluation CDE scheduled for Oct. 2 in Lakeview.
Read MoreDay number two of the Klamath County Fair has come and gone with a tremendous turnout, exciting experiences, and fantastic family fun. Families and individuals alike cruised through the fairgrounds soaking up the joy and adventure the fair has to offer.
Read MoreThe first day of the Klamath County Fair did not disappoint. The entertainment was strong, food was excellent, vendors were friendly and outgoing. But most importantly, 4-H and FFA Members began showing their animals - poultry, dairy, meat & pygmy goats, sheep, dairy cattle, and beef.
Read MoreThere is a “One of a kind” livestock show happening next week. While the week will be busy with fair and many local kids participating in showing their 4-H & FFA projects, the focus of the Alternative Stock Show Classic (ASSOC) will be on a different type of “showman.”
Read MoreSalem, Ore. – The House of Representatives today passed an appropriations bill that will provide $1.43 million for the Oregon Future Farmers of America. Rep. Greg Barreto (R-Cove) is the chief sponsor of HB 2444 that funds FFA activities throughout the year.
Read MoreLost River FFA will be selling hanging baskets, bedding plants, vegetable starts, various flowers, and tomatoes at its Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale.
Read MoreStudents at Lost River Junior-Senior High School know where their food comes from: They eat beef from their own steers, eggs from their chickens and tomatoes from their greenhouse.
In October, school cooks started using beef from two of four steers Lost River FFA students purchased and raised in hamburgers, tacos, spaghetti sauce and other meals. They’ve been cooking with eggs from the school’s 70 chickens since last year, and in late spring use tomatoes and other produce grown by students.
Read MoreBonanza, Henley, Lost River compete in Southern Oregon District Soils Evaluation contest
A couple of years ago, the softball field at Bonanza Junior-Senior High School had issues with standing water because the field wasn’t draining well.
So Morgan Pitcock and her fellow Bonanza FFA classmates determined why. The soil was clay and therefore held too much water. Last winter, they added sand to the soil and put in a drainage system. It solved the problem.
Read MoreThird-graders crowded around Beatrice and Nebraska, reaching out to touch the two sheep owned by Avery Hirschbock, a Henley High School junior and FFA member.
Read MoreThe second day of the 2018 Klamath County Fair is all bout the animals. 4H and FFA Students work hard all year just for this day. They purchase the livestock, raise it, feed it, train it, groom it, all for the animal to be its best on show day.
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